The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-01


will DO of unusual interest and OF the
utmost importance to tho people aud
the Democratic party of the parish.
s w. r. RENwIcK,
a. =. RABUN,
ID. Ct. TROUsDALE,
A. BENOIT,
r.. II. MILLsAPs.
The meeting was called to order by
Maj. J. ii. Flournoy, upon whose mo-
ton Uriah MjlIssps, Esq, was unani-
mously elected chairman.
Upon taking the chair Mr.. AIiilsal,s
explained the object Of the meeting.
The organization Of the meeting was
thereupon completed by the election
of Messrs. g. II. Trousdlale and A. 8.
Rabun as secretaries.
On motion the chair appointed the
following committee on resolutions:
Judge Il. A. Garrett, chairman Jethro
Moore, Wiley Noble, Jas. Bond, j. M.
Roberts, w. H. Anders, NJ. A. Vinsop,
f. II. Rills and W. P. Renwick. The
committee then retired to prepare it's
report and the meeting took a recess to
await the action of the committee.
The committee on resolutions having
announced its readiness to report the
meeting was again called TO order.
Judge Garrett, chairman of the COM
,nit,ee, thereupon read and submitted
the following report, which, upon mo-
ion, was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The white Democrats of
Ouachiia delivered this parish from a
Radical o,igarchy, founded upon igno-
rance aud coercion, and by which a few
interruptions white Republican leaders
were enabled to suppress the voice of
the intelligent manhood of the parish
by the wrongful aud iliegitimate use of
negro voters, overcoming their reason
by fear, thereby rendering them deaf
to all persuasion, herdiDg them in
masses at the polls, and voting them
against their Judgment and wish for
such candidates as their political dicta-
tors saw fit to propose, and,
Whereas, The State suffered In ev-
cry part and In every interest from the
long continuance of such abuses,
through a period of eight years, life
and property being insecure, public
and private morals corrupted, the ends
of government perverted in tho interest
of individuals and monopolists, our
people tax-ridden, oppressed and plum
dered on every hand, until, finally, pa
tieuce having ceased TO be IA virtue, and
longer sutfrnnce being an imputation
upon our manhood, in 1876 tho white
Democrats of Ouachita rose in despera-
ton, and, declaring that this was a
white mnn's country aud must be gov
erned by white intelligence and moral
ity, threw off the disgracetut bondage
under which they had groaned so long
and forever put an end to radical mis-
rule, and,
Whereas, After the redemption of
the parish We relied upon the good
faith, the Democracy, the patriotism OF
our fellow Democrats to preserve for
ourselves and our children the fruits of
that victory, to secure to the people
their just weight in party affairs, by a
fair expression Of the Democratic mas
iority, given according to Democratic
principle and usage, and,
Whereas, Our just expectations In
this respect have not been realized, but
on tho contrary we have beheld with
sorrow and indignation revival Of the
very methods in the Democratic party
against which we had so strongly pro-
tested and finally, as we hoped, forever
suppressed in the Republican patty;
We have seen the party machinery
seized upon by few white Democrats
who have arrogated to themselves the
power of dictators;
We have seen these white Democrats
al Democratic primaries massing igno-
rant aud timid negro voters under a
show of force;
Examing their ballots before they |
were allowed TO deposit them in the
bailot.box in Democratic primaries;
Using threats and other unlawful
means to deter these negro voters from
voting for one Democrat and forcing
them to vote for another Democrat at
Democratic primaries;
Refusing TO Democrats the exercise
Of the right to eudeavor by lawful sua-
sion TO secure the suffrage at Demo-
cratic primaries of negro voters who
happened to be laborers on the planta-
tious under their control, aud then